The legislation funds the Department of State, Treasury, War, and others.
On Tuesday, House Republicans voted to end the partial government shutdown that left several key agencies without funding since Friday. President Trump signed the legislation into law on Tuesday.
The legislation funds the Departments of State, Treasury, and War through the end of September.
The package only funds the Department of Homeland Security through February 13, amid controversy over ICE’s actions in Minnesota. Longer-term funding is yet to be negotiated by the opposing parties.
Senate Democrats refused to support the original House-passed funding package over Department of Homeland Security appropriations following the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents.
The Senate passed the compromise bill that only funds the Department of Homeland Security until February 13, which the House passed on Tuesday and sent to President Trump’s desk.
The legislation passed the House with a vote of 217 to 214.
The vote was delayed by an additional day after Democrats privately indicated that they would not provide the votes needed to accelerate its passage on Monday, extending the partial government shutdown.
In order to fund the Department of Homeland Security for a longer period of time, Democrats are demanding changes to the operations of federal immigration enforcement officials.
“We hope that they will operate in good faith over the next 10 days, as we negotiate this. The president, again, has reached out. We are restoring calm in Minnesota, but again, we make the plea and the demand that the governors and the mayors in these blue states and blue cities participate with federal law enforcement so that we have a safer environment in which to implement and to enforce federal immigration laws,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson to reporters.
The deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security until February 13 was negotiated between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the White House.
Republicans and Democrats will need to negotiate a bipartisan funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security to extend appropriations beyond the deadline.
